| 1. | Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as rulers, micrometers, or scales. |
| 2. | Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. |
| 3. | Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material. |
| 4. | Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines. |
| 5. | Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives. |
| 6. | Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards. |
| 7. | Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines. |
| 8. | Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure. |
| 9. | Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced. |
| 10. | Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment. |
| 11. | Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments. |
| 12. | Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing. |
| 13. | Select and install machine components such as cutting blades, rollers, and templates, according to specifications, using hand tools. |
| 14. | Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks. |
| 15. | Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans. |
| 16. | Operate cranes, or signal crane operators to position or remove stone from cars or saw beds. |
| 17. | Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels. |
| 18. | Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines. |
| 19. | Start pumps to circulate water and abrasives onto blades or cables during cutting. |
| 20. | Change or replace saw blades, cables, cutter heads, and grinding wheels, using hand tools. |
| 21. | Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes. |
| 22. | Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames. |
| 23. | Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames. |
| 24. | Direct workers on cutting teams. |
| 25. | Tighten pulleys or add abrasives to maintain cutting speeds. |
| 26. | Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels. |
| 27. | Sharpen cutting blades, knives, or saws, using files, bench grinders, or honing stones. |
| 28. | Wash stones, using water hoses. |